Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW

Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW

UltraSharp 2405FPW Review, by Laura Blackwell May 25, 2005

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• Reviewed by: asdfpg

  Strengths: size, price

  Weaknesses: may be too bright even at lowest setting

  Overall: would be nice if the backlight was adjustable all the way to zero.In case you cannot find the brightness adjustment, use the "minus-sign" button.You can't get there from the main OSD menu.

• Reviewed by: gerard7

  Strengths: Sharp, bright, affordable

  Weaknesses: good luck navigating through the menus. A little too bright sometimes

  Overall: The first unit I purchased, I placed next to a 24" Sony. In comparison, the Dell was much sharper and a little too bright. It was either another Sony or Dell 24" and the choice was obvious. For the price, higher contrast levels, and brightness, it was going to be a Dell. It was easier to tone down the brightness levels than to try to up it up. The only downside is probably trying to navigate through the menu screen. But once your settings are all confirmed, that seemed less of an issue.

• Reviewed by: barnett291

  Strengths: Huge screen; good variety of inputs; great contrast

  Weaknesses: price?

  Overall: Great LCD widescreen monitor. Works great for games. Very easy to sit back in recliner and read. Contrast is awesome. I would highly recommend this LCD monitor. The only draw back is the price of the monitors in this category, but this monitor was the greatest bang for the buck.

• Reviewed by: rz8168

  Strengths: It was great for the price. Cheap

  Weaknesses: Mediocre image quality, poor product quality. Buzzing noise after 6 months.

  Overall: Mediocre image quality compared to Sony, Apple and Samsung. Washed color. Horrible viewing angle. View it at any angle, the color will be horrible. Color is way off than what you see at the center of the view. Color issue can adjust by using your video card's software and I can accept it... but after 6 month of usage, all in sudden buzzing noise starts while I'm sitting in front of it. I can't make it go away unless I turn the monitor off. It will send back to Dell for repair. I have second 2405FPW sitting next to it acting dual display, but the second one doesn't have buzzing sound YET because it was turned off most of the time. Now I'm regretted buying this piece of crap in the first place. Let's face it, you get what you paid for. I should've go for Samsung 244T.

• Reviewed by: jack_bunce

  Strengths: Price, price, picture quality, size

  Weaknesses: The text is not as good as my 21.4 Samsung (but what is) but other than that, picture quality is rather good.

  Overall: It was a stoke of luck that I happened to snag this monitor for the price I payed. I was checking the price of monitors for a friend then I happened on to the Dell ad, it was on sale for the next 24 hours at an unbelievable price. I had been waiting for the 24" Samsung to come down in price, but that didn't seem to be happening. After reading the user reviews, and there were a lot (about 33) all very good, I bought one. This is a great monitor at about 1/2 the price of a Samsung.